Take the young stranger by the hand : same-sex relations and the YMCA /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998. |
| Series: | Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society.
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Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. From Urban Pietism to Sex Education
- 2. Intense Friendship
- 3. Singleness and the Consecrated Secretary
- 4. Marriage and the Sacrificial "Y Wife"
- 5. Women and the Young Men's Christian Association
- 6. Getting Physical
- 7. Cruising Epilogue
- App. 1: Analysis of Quantitative Sources on YMCA Secretarial Marital Status
- App. 2: Methodological Problems: Silences, the Spirit/Body Split, and the Denial of Cruising
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index